OFFICIAL

 

Dear Glenn

 

The Department of Industry, Science and Resources (the department) has
received your Freedom of Information request of 8 December 2024 (attached)
for access to:

 

I request access to the Style Guides/Brand Guides/Writing Guides currently
used for the Department of Industry, Science, & Resources,

 

This email is to acknowledge receipt of your request. Your reference is
LEX 76272. Currently a decision is due to you by 7 January 2025. However,
this timeline may be effected by the requirement to undertake consultation
with affected third parties or if the department determines you are liable
to pay a charge in relation to your request. You will be notified by the
department if charges are liable or if third party consultation is
required.

 

Processing Your Request

To assist us to streamline the processing of your request we ask you to
consider the following:

 

 1. Requesting Personal Information:

Confirmation from you that you are not seeking ‘personal information’
(i.e. the names and contact details of any individuals, or any information
that could reasonably identify an individual) may enable a more timely and
cost effective processing of your request.

 

Therefore, could you please clarify if you are seeking access to personal
information in the documents relating to:

o third parties; and
o Commonwealth staff.

 

If you are not seeking access to any personal information, you can simply
reply to this email with ‘no personal information requested’.

 

If you are seeking access to specific types of personal information, could
you please specify.

 

If you specify you are seeking the personal information of Commonwealth
staff, please be advised the following is unlikely to be released:

 

o the names, signatures and contact details of junior staff; That is:

o Commonwealth staff who are not in the Senior Executive Service
(SES); and
o Ministerial staff below the level of Chief of Staff; and

o the mobile phone numbers of SES officers.

 

 2. Duplicate Documents:

Under section 4(1) of the FOI Act, the definition of a document includes
‘any copy, including an part of any copy, of a reproduction or duplicate’.

 

In order to process your request as efficiently as possible, the following
will be excluded from your request unless you advise otherwise:

 

o Duplicate documents;
o early parts of email chains that are captured in later email chains.

 

 3. Publicly available documents:

Under section 4(1) of the FOI Act, the definition of a document does not
include ‘material maintained for reference purposes that is otherwise
publicly available’.

 

In order to process your request as efficiently as possible, publically
available documents will be excluded from your request unless you advise
otherwise.

 

Request for extension of time.

 

Please note that the department shuts down from 24 December 2024 to 2
January 2024.

 

As indicated in your request you have consented to a 30 day extension of
time to assist in the processing your request, we seek your agreement to a
15 day extension under section 15AA of the FOI Act. If you agree to this
extension, the department will notify the Office of the Australian
Information Commissioner of the extension of time, and a decision on your
request would then be due to you by 21 January 2024.

 

Could you please confirm your agreement to this extension of time.

 

We look forward to your response at your earliest convenience but no later
than Monday 16 December 2024.

 

Regards

 

Sasha Pesic

Senior FOI Officer

 

 

Freedom of Information

Chief Counsel & Integrity Division | Legal Branch | Information Law

GPO Box 2013 Canberra ACT 2601 | [1][Department of Industry, Science, Energy & Resources request email]

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OFFICIAL

Dear Glenn

 

Just following on the extension of time request mentioned in the email
below.

 

Could you please advise by COB Wednesday 18 December 2024.

 

Regards

 

Sasha Pesic

Senior FOI Officer

 

 

Freedom of Information

Chief Counsel & Integrity Division | Legal Branch | Information Law

GPO Box 2013 Canberra ACT 2601 | [1][Department of Industry, Science, Energy & Resources request email]

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